gamma iron

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   a nonmagnetic allotrope of iron that is the basis of austenite; stable between 906 and 1403 degrees centigrade

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Questions about gamma iron

What does gamma iron mean?

gamma iron means "a nonmagnetic allotrope of iron that is the basis of austenite; stable between 906 and 1403 degrees centigrade".

Is gamma iron a common word?

gamma iron is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.